After peaking in the mid-1990s, aggravated assault arrest rates fell substantially for all four racial groups.

Juvenile Arrest Rates for Aggravated Assault by Race, 1980-2012

Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population. Persons of Hispanic ethnicity may be of any race, i.e., white, black, American Indian, or Asian. Arrests of Hispanics are not reported separately.

The period from 1980 through 1994 saw substantial increases in aggravated assault arrest rates for juveniles in each racial group: black (149% increase), Asian (126%), white (97%), and American Indian (73%). Following this increase, the rates declined for each racial group between 1994 and 2012: 72% for Asians, 70% for American Indians, 63% for blacks, and 61% for whites.

Following these declines, the rates in 2012 were at or below their lowest levels for all race groups since at least 1980.